At this morning’s conference kickoff, I learned that this CIL (2007) attracted a record 2061 conf attendees; that 48 states were represented (only the Dakotas were missing); and 12 countries were represented.
He began with the reminder to us bloggers to publicize how much he loves librarians! But we know he’s a great library supporter, so no fears, Lee, we love you, too. He brought us immediately into the Web2.0 world with a very cute YouTube video that I hadn’t seen before – askaninja.com. Look it up!
- Being online is becoming more and more a part of daily life for everyone
- We are broadening what we do online and what our expectations are for online sites – we now use the Internet (the 'net is always on via broadband) for entertainment and social activity – it’s much more than a research/info tool nowadays
- Visual images are at least (if not more) important than text nowadays
- Users expect to participate in (and help to create) their web experiences
- All of these things are doubly true for today’s teens and young adults
- Libraries have to recognize how things are changing and meet the challenges brought on by those changes
- web as platform
- harnessing collective intelligence
- Software above the level of single device
- rich user experiences
[He mentioned a few sites to check out online: Upcoming.org & EVDB]
- The number of people who use computers is almost identical to that of internet users (75%, 73% respectively) these days
- 72% of adults use the internet, 90% of teens use it (double check my numbers at Pew, I might be off a digit on either of these)
- More people are on broadband than ever & broadband users use the inet in dramatically diff. ways
- Wireless connex growing & more people access the inet from more places than ever before
- 50% have gone online from a library (200% growth in 4 years, I believe he said)
- 43% of inet users just hang out online, browse for no particular purpose, the web is now entertaining as well as informational
- 85% of young broadband users watch online videos, 62% have watched YouTube videos
- People share more info online now – inet more social now
Hallmarks of Web2.0:
- people more willing to participate in online culture
- more people creating content / sharing info online (55% of online teens created profiles on a social network site, 20% of online adults have such profiles; 51% of young adult inet users have uploaded photos to the inet)
- more internet users are accessing the content created by others (46% of young inet users read blogs; 44% of young people seek info thru wikipedia; tend to have highest levels of education or are young people or are college students; most do not believe that it’s the be-all, end all of info; in fact, young people will turn to social networks for verification of Wikipedia info;)
- more users are sharing what they know & feel online (enabling youth to do things with your site – let them co-create in order to have them interested in your site; 33% of them have rated a person, product, service online; 32% have tagged content
- tens of thousands of internet users are contributing their know-how and computing resources to Internet projects (e.g., open source, grid computing, etc.)
- Americans are customizing their online experiences more and more using Web2.0 tools (among teens, 40% customized website; 50% part of listserv/specialty topic group; 25-33% subscribed to RSS feeds)
Pam Berger http://www.infosearcher.com/ – 5 challenges for libraries to deal with in Web2.0
- Navigation: transition from linear to nonlinear format
- Content – learning to see connections
- Focus – practicing reflection & deep thinking; relaxation = new ideas, but how do we relax
- Skepticism – learning to evaluate information
- Ethical behavior – understanding the rules of cyberspace
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